Same time, different program!

I won't say any derogatory comments about that particular program my friend because it's not place to judge but I hate it LOL! Seriously though my dad watches 15 hours of tv a day and he is well and truly in control of the remote and the trash he watches would send me cuckoo and calling for the men in white coats! I leave him to it, I am not a tv person and the tv I want to watch I quite happily escape to the solace of my bedroom to watch on my small portable. I love Emmerdale and Taggart as well as Heartbeat, dad doesn't like any of them but it makes no problem, we all sit as a family to watch Coronation Street but apart from that I am more than happy to snuggle up in bed and watch my few favourite programs each week.

I hardly watch any TV Humbug and can't remember the last time that I sat down to watch something that I alone wanted to see. Of course The Boss is the boss and she always had first choice. (I think that she might disagree with that. LOL.) There is always BBc iPlayer and the other channels have something similar so if I really wanted to see something I could watch it there. There is aTV in the computer too, so as a last resort one of us could come here.

There are not too many shows that I just HAVE to watch. I can watch whatever else anyone else is watching unless , of course, it is the 3 millionth time that we are watching "The suite life of Zack and Cody" or "Hannah Montana" on the Disney channel with my daughter! I will not sit down for those. My husband will often go upstairs to watch sports if there's a big game on. If I'm watching something he doesn't like he will often read a book while I watch and vice versa.

Hiya Humbug, I don't watch much telly, not since I found the net but I love I'm a Celeb, so my kids sort of know that I'm watching it and they accept it because it's not often I want what I want on. We have a couple of tellys in our house so it's not to much of a problem if we want to watch different programs.

Hi frnds, I like watching TV,when i watch a TV programs that my favorite programs will come at the same time.Some times same time but different programs will come in the different channels.What to do when both programs were come at same time.

Luckily my roommate and I have the same favorites. Though there are a few shows I watch that she refuses to like House. So I just go to another room. If I'm hanging out with my brother he usually takes the remote away from me! Brothers! Grr! It all really depends on how much I like the show. If I plead with my brother or roommate they usually give in. It's awesome that you have total control over the remote. That is one dream I think everyone shares. One good thing about shows and stations today... You can usually watch the show online the next day. I do that a lot if I have to work during a show. My Dad and Mom used to go back and forth on what to watch when it was their bed time. My Dad got tired of arguing and bought a very small flat screen and mounted it on the wall on his side of the bed. So he could watch what he wanted and her likewise. LOL! He was a crazy man but funny. Happy Mylotting!!

I control my mind and I can tune off quickly and easily. TV never bothered me, not even the inane local programs. Cheers!!

I'm lucky, i can watch what i like, but i must admit "i'm a celebrity has caused a few problems. Cos it's on every night hubby's not happy he misses quite a few things: eg: spooks, dragons den ect ect

hi humbug! i had that problem months ago. I share a house with my sister and a friend (whom i know from my university's english club). He once had a tv in his room but he sold it when he has to moved (due to some office assignment). My sister and i put our tv in the living room, seeing that our room is small enough already to store our stuff, a tv inside the room is out of the question ;) Then, this friend move back in (again, due to some office assignment). And since he used to watch tv, he's been dominating our tv ever since! He usually went home earlier then us, so by the time we got home, he's been in front of the tv already, watching to a program intently! I dont really care since i dont watch tv that much, but sister's having a love affair with tv so she mind. And once, being a sly she is, she asked me to asked him to move his butt from the chair. Older sister seems to do dirty works for younger sister lol. Boyfriend said that he's violating our generosity and i concurred. Because even when i asked nicely, i have to do that numerous times. Because he'll keep on saying how good the movie he's watching and such. And i have to keep on saying, "yeah, but i dont want to watch that. I want to watch THIS!" So it's only natural that when he broke my sister's dvd player, i pressed him to buy a new one to replaced it. My sister bought that from her saving when she's not working yet, while that friend already worked for a long time. Oh. do i whine too much? lol. Anyway, that's not a problem anymore now. Since my sister left the house to be closer to her work place. And she brought the tv AND the new dvd player with her ;)

Well I have more then 1 TV set so when my mom comes to visit, she can watch her own TV set so we dont have to share the remote.

It still depends. If that someone is just a visitor and will stay with me for 1 or 2 days, maybe I will give in and let her choose whatever she wants to watch. But if that someone will be living to me for good, I would never surrender the remote, lol! But it still depends actually. We can talk about it to avoid some arguments.

dude... that's the worst thing i've ever had.... one tv... 2 different shows...until... i bought my own small lcd tv in case the same problem happens again !

my husband & I have totally different tv interest,,he likes military & history stuff & I am a "reality Tv Junkie" as he calls it,,,thank God we hsve 2 tvs ,,so when his shows come on he usually just goes back to the bedroom to watch them,,so no fuss,,

TIVO!!!!! It really is a life saver!

We have five tellys in our house so we can all get to a telly if needed. If we didn't then in the day time the children would get first pick and in the evening we would have to decide what we were going to watch. Duringthe week as hubby is at work all night I can watch wath I want to, weekends we normally want to watch the same things which is good as we can also sit together

Yea. at a time there are different programs in different channels. some programs are very good. but cannot see at a time. the good programs are the same time in different channels. so it is very difficult to see all programs easily.